<TITLE>02. Par 5-9</TITLE>L-5 And I thought I would speak just a little while, and then I'm going to pray for the sick. And tomorrow afternoon, the Lord willing, I've got an evangelistic service for tomorrow afternoon at two o'clock. I don't think there's any other service in... that I know of in session tomorrow afternoon. And I've got an evangelistic message on Eternal Life. So if you're around and want to come out, we'd be glad to have you.
Tomorrow night again, we'll probably pray for the sick again tomorrow night. And then the convention starts Monday, officially starts. So the Lord bless you now as you pray for me as I read here out of God's Word just a--a little text, as we would call it a text, and see what the Lord would give us for a context.
I'm also glad to look in the back and see my good friend Brother John O'Bannon from Louisville, came up with us the other day, and I'm... We got mixed up in the crowd somewhere this morning, Brother John, and I--I lost you. But I'm glad to see Brother O'Bannon out tonight at the service.

L-6 I want to read just a portion, or just a word or two out of II Chronicles 20:17.
 ... stand... still, and see the salvation of the LORD...
I want to use that for a text: II Chronicles 20:17. "Stand Still And See The Salvation Of The Lord."

L-7 We are so acquainted with these Scriptures, and in this day that we live we see such a hustle and bustle of the people, how people are just going from place to place, driving through the streets like Jehu and--and not knowing where they're going, and caring less, and ramming into each other and wrecking. And it just seem to be such a neurotic age. It's time, I think, that we all stood still just a little while, kindly taking inventory. Where are we going?
Why, Dwight Moody used to make these same tours through here in probably a horse and buggy. And he done the work that--better than we're doing it today. And grandpa, grandma, how they went places, but seems like that we're just in such a hurry and going nowhere.

L-8 Now, in this particular Scripture that we're--just read, it was where a great crisis had come. The people were all nervous, upset, because there was a great invading army. The Moabites were coming up against Judah. And it was a strenuous time. And the people would all flusterated; they didn't know which a way to go. Jehoshaphat, the righteous man of God, had tried to do everything that he knew how to serve the Lord. And now, the people were all tore up because there was a great invading army.
So many times that we get all to a place where we can't stand still and nervous. Just as we start to do something good, then we see trouble coming. But that is the devil trying to upset the program of God. We find it in our individual lives. We find it in our church world. We find it in our national affairs. You find it everywhere. And then we can know that when we are getting ready to do right, wrong is always present. But the way to overcome that, is to think in your heart which way God would have you to go and which is the best way, then stay with that way.

L-9 So in that great day of--hour of a flusteration, the Lord spoke. And He spoke through a little prophet standing near, who said, "Stand still, and see the salvation of God. You'll not have to fight this battle." But as long as they were together and praying, it was God's battle.
And I think the same thing applies tonight. In this great hour where the great church people, and the great churches are stewing and--and fussing with each other, and denominational barriers are breaking us apart, and we battle from this side and that side, it's time to stand still. It's God's battle. It's not ours to begin with. God wants us to stand still. And when God gets ready to do anything, usually He commands His people to stand still.


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